Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/505

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484 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I; Ch. 313. l916· the Secret that an usntit ref gram` _ has been incorrectly . iigrtihed to eoidloyrm to a sgediéed griide; o1·,has been sold, offered for A sale, or consigned for sale under =¤·ny RNQ6, descnptgou, of d¤¤*8¤*m°*1 which is*false or may Hhish · Avwk fm me- e "S¤c. 6. That wheneversta,nhr£ shall.havebeen·§xed and estab- $$S£{"°° by H" lished under this.Act for any grain and any ipliantity of such_ gram · _ sold,. offered for sale, or consigned for sale, or gw ch has been shipped, ‘ ‘ " or delivered tgp- shépment mtantepstsre cétomacogliznwxglgudggc

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·~ A anysuch grain in fact éiifomis to the · · s {pf- the grade, any interested party may, either Sm 'tb, without , appeal theguestion to the Secretary of wi -01- , re g . . Dum °l m' and the tary of Agn ure 1s·autho1j1zed to cause P , such investigation to be made and·-such tests torbe cpphed as he may rim 6: impacts. deem nemssary and to— determine the true. grade; Provided, That . anygstpcal such ins§:tiou and grading to(the.Secretary of · . Agri ure shell be taken ore the grain leswes?the place where the inspection appsialed from ws; made before the ideflitigcoftthe gramhasbeenostimdcrsu _ regular tionsaste reary ‘°°° ““°"°"· of a£c¤1t¤re shalrprssi=ribez rwhenever an a p¤•1;¤h¤l1 be t¤k¤¤ .or a pute referred to the Secretary of Agnculture under this Act, he shall ch and assess, and cause to be collected; a reasonable fcc, · in amount‘trogl(·iefixedbyhi1n, whichfee, mcaseof anappea1,shad1 he §.‘t“‘i°;*é‘ *“‘t;§°°°i“ “““..§:Q’a“‘?"e,. t,‘L°t§l‘ ;...,.,,"’°°* “°°...“"j..,..’°‘“N"°"* ,, - ; an cov in V n as aneous =·¤lgm [mmm mreceipts. of the Secret of as to grade, ‘ signed by him or by such officerordgsers, agent or , of the ”°P"‘?.°i‘§ftas°* $‘Z’i.`£°‘ °° "° e ’2‘,$’rQ°i§‘?‘”i.¤.s“’°‘;i‘i';u be $$133 ies tglpnrtnm _ e , iiiutthe courts of the United tates as prima facie evidence of the true gradle rin the grain detmnined by him at the time andplace specified in the digg?. ’ "“P°°“°” “°°““°“· "Sec. 7. eSecretary of Agriculture may issue alicense to any person, upon presentation to hitln of satisfactory({>videnpte1ghat sueih perslpln iscom tent,toinspeetan gradegrainan toce catete e thereoixior shipment or delivery for shipment in interstate orjfcgreign commerce un er thisActandtherulesandregi11ationspreseribed there- ¤¤$:riim$°»ii.°Z.?‘¢i.xiii”°iiC under. Nic person authorized or employed by any State, county, city, gd¤{,•¥;*¤=P•¤°¤*= *°*‘· topglboard of trade, chamber ofacommeirce, corp<;}r:ution,rti•1§>ciety, plastne ,orassocistiontoms or a e ains ce ,orot erwise stldate or indicate in writpw, thairan grain for shi meht or deliv-

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ery for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, which has been inspected or graded by him, or by any mon acti ¤ under his authority, is of one of the grades of the officicge grain staxiiihrds of the United _ States, unless he ho ds an unsuspended and unrevoked license issued p1,l§§’,§},,‘{,’§;,,,, ,,,Sp,,c,_ by the Secretary of Agiculture: Provided, That in any State which 0** ¤¤¤¤* Btw l¤W¤· has, or which may hereafter have a State inspection department established by the laws of such State, the ry of Agriculture shall sm issue licenses the persons duly authorized and cmgloyed to ins ect ,.,,,,,,,,*’§“ll,,g',§’,,,,'f,',,_'°"* and grade gram imder the laws of such State. The ecretary of ifculture may suspend or revoke an license issued by him under t 's Act whenever, after opplortunity for hearing has been given to the licensee,} thpm Secretary s all dggnninedgléat such licensee is incompetent or ss owmgl or care ain im ro erl orb an other standard thanyis authorized gulnlder this Act,Ibr llasyissued any 'false certificate of grade, or has accepted any money or other consid}; eration, directly or indirectly, for any neglect or improper rformance of dnty,- or has violated any provision of this Act or of th; rules and mfsmwwv ¤¤*v·¤· regulations made hereunder. Pending investigation the Secretary of . Agriculture, whenever he deems necessary, may suspend a license tem-